Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave novel Chapter 423

It was Saint Zara who had spoken through his life vitality.

Her original plan was to let Johanson pretend to kill Zen "unintentionally".

An unintentional killing was likely to happen in the matches between the Kung Fu masters. With Johanson and Zen being both amazingly powerful, the first move must not falter. Otherwise, Zen could find an opportunity to fight back and defeat Johanson.

Amidst a heated battle, it would be difficult for someone to stop mid-attack, especially when using full force.

And with Johanson's sword that aimed to kill at first strike, unintentional killing would be a reasonable excuse for Zen's death in the battle ring.

Saint Viana's plan would have been perfect, however, no one expected that Zen had concealed his real strength all this time.

Johanson thought that his soul attack could defeat Zen, but instead, it was Zen's soul attack that caused the first much damage.

Even his snake-shaped short sword was completely defeated by Zen's broken flying knife.

How was it even possible?

It was only then that they realized that Zen had concealed his real strength.

And since Zen's strength was far beyond Johanson's, the unintentional killing plan had failed.

Johanson felt Zen's killing intent. He would die if he wouldn't concede now.

But Saint Zara told Johanson not to concede.

"Keep on fighting, Johanson!"

Johanson's face turned gloomy. How could Saint Zara expect Johanson to keep fighting with this crazy guy? Zen's broken flying knife alone had inflicted great damage to Johanson. What more could Zen's other attack do to him?

"Master, if I don't concede, I will die in Zen's hands!" Johanson wailed through his life vitality.

Zen was now breaking Johanson's shadow covering. It was only a matter of time before Zen could completely break the shadow covering, and by then, it would be too late for Johanson to escape.

"Don't worry, Johanson. I have another plan! I can control the magic array on the stage and form an attack to Zen using it. What you need to do is disguise it as your own and let others believe it is from you. I'm confident that we can kill Zen with just one hit!" Saint Zara continued.

"Can you really do that? Aren't you afraid the other elders will discover our tricks?" Hesitation was clouding Johanson's eyes as he saw Zen continuously destroying the shadows.

There was indeed no absolute fairness in the All Peaks Competition. Take for example what Tracy did. She had broken the rules of the competition but was not disqualified by the judge, because what she did was still tolerable by the elders.

However, Saint Zara's idea was somewhat impractical because he wanted to take advantage of the magic array to kill Zen intentionally. If the elders found out, he would face grave consequences.

Johanson wasn't sold in the idea, but he didn't know how to tell Saint Zara that he refused.

His birthright as a member of the Shadow Group had greatly contributed to his present achievements.

But the group had been living a miserable life since they were defeated, so when Cloud Sect learned that Johanson was a member of Shadow Group, he wasn't allowed to join the sect. But if it weren't for Saint Zara's support, he wouldn't have the chance to be a disciple of the sect. Moreover, he had become an inner disciple with Saint Zara's support.

The kindness that Saint Zara extended to Johanson was the reason the latter couldn't refuse.

"Quit worrying! They won't notice! Besides, it doesn't matter if I kill Zen. There are many people who will be happy to see him dead. Perhaps no one wants to see him alive. Just get ready and do as I tell you!" Saint Zara uttered again.

Saint Zara wouldn't take the risk of this plan if it wasn't for Saint Viana having his back.

This was one risky step to take, but they were willing to do it.

Johanson was about to convince his master not to do it, but before he could say anything, Saint Zara had already launched the attack.

The stage of the All Peaks Competition was surrounded by a huge magic array which provided various energies and enchanted barriers. Some of the enchanted barriers divided the whole stage into several parts, allowing more than a pair of competitors to battle at the same time. The most important function of the magic array was to keep everything in the stage to avoid hurting the audience with battle debris.

But this wasn't clearly the only function of the magic array.

As saints of Could Sect, Saint Zara and Saint Viana knew how to deliver an attack to the stage through the magic array.

"Go to hell, Zen!" Saint Viana created access through the magic array, and then Saint Zara launched his attack.

All of a sudden, a vortex emerged beside Johanson. Since the black shadows covered them completely, everyone on the stage didn't notice it.

At that moment, they were still in shock of Zen's counterattacks.

But Zen perceived a strong power in the black shadows.

"Now what?"

Zen readied himself for anything that would come his way with the flying broken knife in his hand. His face had a trace of doubt in it.

He started to feel fear by the presence of that unknown strong power. 'Is this Johanson's real strength? Was he just toying with me all this time and decided to show what he is really capable of?' he wondered.

This situation was becoming unfavorable for Zen.

He felt danger all around him and his heart started to pound harder.

Johanson had been hiding behind those black shadows for a long time. If he had such a powerful martial arts attack, why didn't he use it earlier?